OROVILLE — Witnesses recounted what led to a fatal stabbing outside a B Street residence in Oroville in August 2012.

Friday's testimony was part of the ongoing trial of Patrick Orlando Torres, 60, in Butte County Superior Court. Torres is charged with murder for the death of Yashoe Walker, then 41, of Richmond, on Aug. 20, 2012.

Witnesses included a girl who was 9 years old when she witnessed the incident. Under questioning by deputy district attorney Kennedy Rizzuto, the girl said she stayed in the same residence as Torres, who rented a room.

The girl was watching TV in her father's room when she checked the window because she thought she heard her father's voice. It was Torres who was arguing with Walker, whom she knew as "White Boy." Walker was dating the girl's cousin.

Torres and Walker stood about two feet apart and exchanged mostly curse words.

After a time, they separated and Torres rode his bike to the store. He returned and they resumed arguing for about 20 minutes as the girl tried to ignore them.

When the girl went to the bathroom, she saw Torres standing in the door to his bedroom. He put a blue knife with splattered white paint in his pocket.

Torres went back outside. The arguing continued until it was quiet. The girl looked outside and saw Walker getting stabbed once in what she believed was the stomach.

The girl told her mother, Jenny Nemie, to look outside and the mother directed the girl to go to her room and stay there.

Nemie testified she saw Torres and Walker arguing, as they usually do. Later, she saw Torres approach the house while Walker was on the ground beyond the residence's gate.

"He was lying in a puddle of blood," Nemie said.

She locked the door and tried to keep Torres out of the residence and told him her daughter saw what happened.

Torres used his key to enter the residence and pushed past Nemie after a struggle. He was quiet as he went to his room.

Nemie went outside to check for a pulse on Walker. There was none.

Walker exited the residence and sat on the ground until police arrived.

Shawntinette Allen testified Walker was with her group on the day he died. After recounting the arguing throughout the evening, Allen said she saw Torres exit his residence and he and Walker yelled at each other.

As the men were standing face to face, Torres went to his pocket and pulled out the knife and opened the blade. Allen and another woman warned Walker about the knife and the man threw up his open hands and said he didn't have anything.

Walker then hit Torres through the gate of Torres' house, leading to a fight in the yard. Torres stumbled and fell to the ground.

While on the ground, Torres swung the knife around before letting it go. Walker was still hitting and appeared to connect three or four times.

Torres got up and recovered the knife near a bush as Walker was walking away.

When Allen looked back, she saw the knife leaving Walker's neck. Walker stood for a minute before turning sideways and falling to the ground.

Torres stood near the side of the house and at one point held his clenched fists up. Allen recounted the defendant reportedly cursed and said he had told Walker he was going to get him.

The prosecution has previously alleged Torres stabbed Walker twice in the chest and slashed his throat.

Testimony will continue Friday. Torres remains in custody at Butte County Jail.